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'HORACE P.. STEWART, OF OAKS CORNERS, NEW YORK'.

LetteNPatent No. 60,588, dated December 18, 1866.

TO ALL WHOM IT -MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, HORACE l?. STEWART, of Oaks Corners, in the county-of Ontario, and State of New York, have invented an improved Instrument for Shaping Boot and Shoe Heels; and I do hereby declare 'that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making ,part of this specification-f t Figurelbeing atop view of theimproved hoot or shoeheel whi'chmyimproved'instrumentis employedin forming.

Figure 2, a front View of the same.

Figure 3, a top view of the instrument used in shaping the welts for the heels.

Figure 4, a side v iew thereof.

Figure 5, a front view of the same.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all of the gures.

The instrument consists substantially of a base,A, having the holding die, D, for shaping the welts, at one end,vand an arm, B, attached to the base to support the movable stamping die, E, which is to be forced down upon the welts in place on the die D. The supporting arm lB swings around on the base A4(which is generally fastened securelyto the table or bench by screws passing through holes Z Z, iig. 3, therein) onia pivot, C, as indicated in fig. 3, sc that it can be brought'into place exactly in the right position, as shown by red lines in the figure; or be swung to one side, as indicated by black lines in the same figure. Thus it is convenient to insert and take out the welts, rendering the instrument very ready and efficient in operation. The pivot C, on which the arm B turns, may be made to move more or less freely, or be held from moving at all, by a nut clamping the arm upon the support A. There are stops, m n, on the two, so as to indicate and keep the arm B in exactly the right position to have its die, E, work accurately upon the die D. The die E has a. shank, f, which I slides up and down in a head, d, of the arm B, there being a vane, z', (or its equivalent,) on one side, itting in a corresponding notch in the eye of the head d, to keep the die from turning out of position. There is ahead, h, at the top of the shankf, to strike with a 'hammer upon, and force down, the die and give the impression. A coiledspring, g, brings the die up again into place, substantially as represented. AThe strip of leather is bent round in its groove inthe lower die D after being wet; then the stamp diev E is forced down upon it, and stamps it into shape, so that it will retain its form. 4

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'- The instrument, as described, for shaping the heel welts, -having its supporting arm B of the upper die swung on the base A, which bears the other die, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

The above specification of my improved instrument'for shaping boot and shoe heels, signed by me this eighth day of November, 1866;

HORACE I. STEWART.

Witnesses:

W. 0. DIMocx, LYSANDER REDrIELn, 

